Filing appliance.



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HOWARD EMERY MORINE, OF NAI-IANT,` MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, :BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO THE IVICOASKEY REGISTER COIVIANY, (INCORPORATED IN1914,) OF ALLIANCE, OHIO, A CORPORATION, 0F rOI-IIO.

FILING APPLIANCE.

Application mea February 1o, 1912. serial No. 676,753.

To all whom t may conce/Mz Be it known that I, HOWARD EMERY MoRrNn, acitizen of the United States, residing at Nahant, 'in the vcounty ofEssex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new andV usefulImprovements in and Relating to Filing Appliances, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention vrelates to filing appliances which are adapted forsupporting papers, bills, slips or documents in a manner permittingthemto be easily and accurately filed, inspected or removed.

For the purpose of illustration, I have, in the accompanying drawings,shown and herein described one form of appliance embodying my invention.

Figure l is a front elevation of a filing appliance embodying myinvention, one carriage and the set of holders thereon being shown inposition whereby the latter can be operated. Fig.'2' is an elevationlooking toward the right in Fig. 1, a portion of the casing being brokenaway. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the carriages and the rotatablemember or carrier thereon. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 Vshowingthe rotatable member moved to operative position. Fig. 6 is afragmentary perspective view of the carriage and rotatable member, theformer being broken away and the latter detached or slightly elevated toillustrate'its operation. Fig. 7 is a cross sectional view of the partsshown in Fig. 6 in normal position.

In the drawings, l indicates a support having a platform la. Thissupport may consist of a suitable frame comprising av main section lband a superposed section lc mounted on the rear portion of the platformla. The main section is provided with a top, which in the illustratedembodiment of the invention serves as the platform la, the purpose ofwhich will belater decribed. The main section lb preferably comprises abottom wall la, side walls le and a rear walllf, and supported above thefloor by legs lg. By

this form of construction accommodation is made for a plurality ofdrawers ll1 and trays 1*, the'former being adapted for supplies andthelatter for indexes. The drawers 1h and trays li may be arranged intiers, as

shown, and separated by a partition 1k,

which also assists in supporting the platform la. p

The superposed section 1c preferably comprises a rear wall 1m, extendingfrom end to end of the platform la at or near its rear edge, side wallsl, and a top or cover 1. I may also provide the superposed section 1with a plurality of partitions l", spaced from each other, for dividingit into com-` partments lc, each adapted for receiving and inclosing afiling unit 2. The superposed section lc is of a length from front torear to receive and incloseV a filing unit when placed endwise therein.Being open at its front, each unit 2 may be moved forwardly on theplatform la, or from within the superposed section 1C, for operation, aswill be presently set forth.

Each filing unit 2 comprises a carriage 3 movable in an endwisedirection forwardly and rearwardly ony the platform la, a carrier orsupporting member 4 rotatably mounted on the carriage 8, and a set ofp'ivoted holders 5, supported on the carrier 4. The carriage Smayconsist of an open rectangular frame 3a anda cross plate 3b. Atits'forward end it is provided with a cross member 3C which serves as agrip or handle wherebythe carriage can be moved forwardly on theplatform 'la to operative position` and returned to normal positionwithin the supersection l". The upper face of this member is preferablyflat and serves as a rest for those holders which are operated tothehorizontal position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig.v 2.

3d indicates suitable rollers or wheels for the carriage 3 and adaptedto tracks or ways la on the platform la to guide itthereon. These waysla preferably comprise grooves formed in the platform and extendingsubstantially fromits front edge to its rear edge. The grooves la may beof such length that their opposite ends form stops to limit the movement`of the carriage in either direction.

The carrier'4 preferably consists of a' perpendicular to onelongitudinal side edge' The back' 4b serves as anV of the base 4a.abutment for the rearmost holder 5. The

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back 4b may comprise a skeleton frame having two or more verticalmembers 4c and a cross member 4d.

4e indicates braces extending from the outermost vertical membersdiagonally downward and connected to the base 4a at or near its oppositeside edge.

4f indicates a pair of devices spaced from each other, and arranged toremovably support the set of holders on the carrier 4.

The holders 5 preferably comprise a series of frames of uniform size,each having a back 5"L to which clip devices 5b are secured, andsuitable spacing ribs 5c.

The holders 5 are preferably pivotally connected or geared together in apack by connections 5d. These connections permit the holders to swingrelative to each other, from a substantially vertical to a substantiallyhorizontal position and vice versa and operate during such operations tomove the lower or hinged ends of the upright holdersy forwardly andrearwardly, and also to raise and lower the upright holders bodily. Asshown in the drawings, the pivot pins for the frontmost holder 5 areremovably mounted in bearings formed in the devices 4f which thusV serveas the pivot bearings for said front holder 5. The devices 4t also serveas a support for the front end of a series of holders which rest bygravity against the back 4b when in normal position.

6 indicates a guide member for guiding the rearmost holder 5 in its upand down movements, as the holders forward thereof are operated. Thismember is supported by the back 4b, it being connected to a socketmember 6" which in turn is fiXed to the cross member 4d. In theoperative position of said guide (see dotted lines in Fig. 2), it ispreferably inclined upwardly and forwardly in order that the upper edgeof said rea-r holder, and those holders which may be in the uprightposition, may be moved forwardly and rearwardly during their up and downmovements. At or near its free end, the guide 6 is provided with a catchor stop 6a with which the rearmost holder 5 engages when elevated to itshighest position. Through the engagement of the rear holder with thecatch 5, said holder will be locked against operation to the horizontalposition.

The guide 6 is preferably pivoted in the socket member 6 at 6b, wherebyit is free to swing downwardly under the iniiuence of gravity and reston the upper or free edges of the holders 5 when all of the latter havebeen returned to normal position. In this latter position of the guide6, its catch 6 will lie in the path of the front holder 5 and thus lockit and all of the holders against operation, In order to release thefront holder, the free end of the guide is pressed upwardly slightly,after which the front holder may be swung forwardly and downwardly. Thisoperation will cause the remaining holders to rise which in turn willelevate the guide to its operative position.

6C indicates a stop against which the guide bears during the operationof the holders.

Interposed between the carriage 3 and carrier 4 is a turntable 7, whichpermits the carrier 4 to be rotated relative to the carriage 3 in orderto arrange the holders 5 in position for operation. The turntable 7preferably comprises a pair of bearing pla-tes 7a, 7b, each o-f circularform, and secured to the cross plates 3b, 4i, of the carriage andcarrier, respectively. One of said plates, 7b, is pro-vided with a pin 7which fits a socket bearing 7d formed in the other plate, 7a, the pin 7C and bearing 7 d forming the shaft or pivot for the turntable 7 As willbe understood from the drawings when a filing unit 2 is in inoperativeposition and arranged within its compartment 1c', the carrier 4 thereofis in line with its carriage 3; but when the filing unit 2 is drawnforward o-n the platform la and the carrier 4 thereof is rotated orswung around on the turntable 7 to the operative position, that is, sothat the holders 5 face the operator, the said carrier is arrangedsubstantially at right angles to its carriage 3. In order that thecarrier 4 can be quickly positioned either in line with its carriageready to be shifted out of the way or within its compartment 1c or atright angles thereto, I provide suitable means which limit the movementsof the carrier in either direction. These means preferably comprise arecess or cutaway portion 7e formed in the turntable plate 7a theopposite end walls 7e of which serve as abutments or stops for a lug Tfdepending from the other turntable plate 7b and movable from end to endof the recess 7e.

8 indicates shoes or bearing plates which are preferably provided oneach carriage and arranged to be engaged by the opposite ends of theadjacent carrier 4. The shoes 8 serve to steady the carriers and holderson the carriage during the forward and rearward shifting of the units 2.They also prevent the carriers from rocking into engagement with orbearing on the rollers 3d and thus affecting the endwise movement of thecarriages.

9 indicates automatically operating devices for locking the carriages intheir forward position. One of these devices is pref* erably mounted oneach carriage 3. It preferably comprises a bell-crank lever freelypivoted at 9a to the rear end of an adjacent carriage. One arm 9b of thelever 9 is relatively long and forms a weighted end whereby said armwill normally swing downwardly to a substantially horizontal positionlunder the influence of gravity. The other arm of the lever, indicated at9, is relatively short and provided with a turned over end 9 whichnormally lies in the path of the carrier 4. As will be understood fromFig. 4 when the carrier 4 -is swung into alinement with its carriage 3,it will engage the turned-over end 9 and swing .the lever arm 9b,upwardly. In this position of the lever 9, the carriage may be movedforwardly and rearwardly on the platform la. When a carriage is movedforwardly and the carrier thereon is rotated to the operative position,the latter disengages the turned-over end 9 of the lever arm 9,whereupon the weighted arm 9b swings downwardly to a horizontal positionwith itsfree end in front of an adjacent partition 1, (as shown in Figs.1, 2 and 3) the latter operating as a stop and coperating with the leverto locln the carriage 3 in its forward position. If now the carrier 4 isreturned ,to its former position on the carriage, it will engage theturned-over end 9c and swing the lever on its pivot, thus l elevatingthe free end ofthe lever arm 9b and releasing the carriage.

As will be clearly understood from Fig. 2 of the drawings, the carriageis maintained in its forward position on the platform by the engagementof its front rollers 3d with the front end walls of the guide grooves laand the locking device 9. Hence, it is heldstationary vagainst allstresses in- Y cident to the operation of the holders 5.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that I have provided afiling appliance containing a plurality of filing units which can benested together side by side in compact arrangement and occupying aminimum space, and that each unit can be moved, independently of theremaining units, to and arranged in a position at substantially rightangles to its nested position in order that its holders can be operated.The construction not only adapts the appliance to the accommodation of alarge number of filing spaces without a material increase in floorspace, but on account of its compactness and simplicity, and thecapability of each unit to be readily moved to an operative position, itlends itself to ac-` curacy and speed of operation. In this connection,it will be seen that the operator can stand centrally of the support andwithout shifting his position operate each unit at will.

Each set of holders may be removed from its carrier for storage in aplace of safety. If desired, the holders and their carrier can beremoved from the carriage together, the pin and socket connection-between the carrier and carriage permitting their separation at will.

To those skilled in the art of making filing appliances of the classdescribed, many alterations in construction and widely differingembodiments and applications of my invention will suggest themselves,Without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. My4 disclosuresland the description herein are purely illustrative, and are notintended to be. in any sense limiting.

What I claim is zl. The combination of a support and a filing unitbodily mounted thereon, the said unit comprising a carriage, a carriermounted on the carriage to rotate on av vertical axis, and a series ofpivoted holders on the carrier arranged to swing from upright toreclined position. v

2. The combination of a supporting platform, a carriage movable on theplatform, a carrier mounted on the carriage to rotate on a verticalaxis, a series of pivoted holders mounted on said carrier, and means forlocking `the carriage Von the platform effective when the carrier isrotated from normal position.

3. The combination of a carriage, a carrier provided with a back mountedon said carriage, pivotal means interposed between said carriage and thecarrier permitting the latter to rotate relativey to the carriage, and aseries of pivoted holders on the carrier, the carriage and the back ofthe carrier serving as supports forl the opposite end holders of theseries.

4. The combination of a support, a carriage movable on the support, acarrier mounted on said carriage to rotate on a vertical axis, a seriesof pivoted `holders on said carrier, pivotal means interposed betweenVsaid .carriage and the carrier, permitting the latter to rotaterelative to the carriage, and stops4 carried by the pivotal means forlimiting the rotative movement of the carrier in each direction. s

5. The combination of a support, a carriage movable forwardly andrearwardly thereon, a set of holders, a carrier for said set of holdersmounted on the carriage, means interposed between said carrier andcarriage permitting the carrier and set of holders to be rotatedrelative to the carriage, and shoes on the carriage arranged to engagesaid carrier for steadying it during the movement of the carriage.

6. The combination of a support, a plurality of sets of pivoted holdersnormally Aarranged in an inoperative position side by having a series ofpartitions for dividing said superposed section into compartments, aseries of filing units, one for each of said compartments, bodilymovable in an endwise direction on said main section into and out ofsaid compartments, each of saidunits including a set of holders, and adevice carried by each unit arranged to engage anI vwise direction onsaid main section into and out of said compartments, each of said unitsincluding a set of pivoted holders arranged to swing from the verticalposition to the horizontal position when the unit is positioned out ofthe adjacent compartment, and means carried by the unit for locking theholders in an upright position during the movements thereof into and outof said compartments.

9. The combination of a support having a top or platform, a series ofsets of holders normally arranged side by side on said top or platform,a carriage for each of said sets of holders permitting them to be inidependently shifted in an endwise direction on said top or platform,pivotal supports for the holders of each set permitting them to beoperated from a vertical position to horizontal position, and viceversa, and

means for rotatably supporting each set of holders on its carriage,whereby they can be arranged at right angles thereto for operation, theforward end of the carriage being provided with a rest for supportingthe holders that are operated to the horizontal position.

10. The combination of a support, a carriage movable thereon, a set ofpivoted holders, supporting carrying means for "said set of holdersrotatably supported on said carriage and permitting said set of holdersto be adjusted angularly thereon, and an element carried by the carriagefor supporting the free ends of the holders when they are operated.

11. The combination of a support having a top or platform, a series ofsets of holders normally arranged side by side on said top or platform,a carriage for each of said sets of holders permitting them to beindependently shifted in an endwise direction on said top or platform,pivotal supports for the holders of each set permitting them to beoperated from a vertical position to a horizontal position, and viceversa, and means including a turntable for rotatably supporting each setof holders on an adjacent carriage, whereby they can be arranged atright angles thereto for operation, the members of said turntable beingprovided with stops for limiting the rotatable movements of the set ofholders in either direction.

12. The combination -of a support provided with a stop, a filing unitbodily movable forwardly and rearwardly thereon, the said unitcomprising a oarraige, and a set of holders, and a lever pivoted to saidcarriage and arranged to engage-said stop for locking the filing-unit inits forward position.

13. The combination of a support, provided with a stop, a filing unitbodily movable forwardly and rearwardly thereon, the said unitcomprising a carriage, a set of holders, and means for swingablysupporting the holders on said carriage, and a lever pivoted to saidcarriage and arranged to engage said stop for locking the filing unit inits forward position, the operation of said lever being controlled bythe swingable supporting means for the set of holders.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

HOWARD EMERY MORINE.

Witnesses:

E. B. ToMLINsoN, GEO. K, WooDwoRrH.

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